66. Fragment from imperial titulature

Description:
Fragment from the upper part of a white marble panel (w: 0.22 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.03).  
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
line 1, lapidary capitals, 0.095 line 2-3, Second to third century capitals. 0.05. 
Date:
Second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering).  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot 
Bibliography:
Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[Imp(erator-)] [Ca]es(ar-) d[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··] [Ger]ṃ(anic-) Saṛ[m(atic-) ·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]uit [·· ? ··]
[····][···]ESD[·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··][····]·SA·[···· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]VIT[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
erator
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ca
</supplied>
es
</abbr>
<ex>
ar
</ex>
</expan>
d
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ger
</supplied>
<unclear reason="" >
m
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
anic
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Sa
<unclear reason="" >
r
</unclear>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
atic
</ex>
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
uit
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[Emperor] Caesar [·· ? ··], victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia [·· ? ··] (case unknown)

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXVII.6)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XXVII.6)

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